Where to move in Nashville?

My name is Alexine and my hope is to be moving to Nashville with my family soon. Do you have any recommended areas where we should live because the area is so large? I don't know anybody that personally lives there but I'm moving with my two small children and my husband. Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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There are a lot of great areas. Do you want to stay within Nashville limits...so you have a Nashville address? Or are you open to being in the suburbs? Donelson is the only area within Nashville that I'm familiar with that's a nice area. It's an older part of town but you can find some great places. The zip for that area is 37214. If you want to go outside the city, Brentwood, Franklin, Spring Hill, Smyrna, Murfreesboro, Bellevue (which actually I think is part of Nashville...just the west side), Columbia, Hendersonville. It really depends on how far you want to be. Hendersonville is on the North side of town while Brentwood and Franklin are South. Hermitage out on the east side is nice, I used to live there. Let me know if I can help in any other way. Feel free to inbox me if you have other questions. Good Luck and Welcome :)

I just moved here too with the same exact circumstances - knew no one and have a small family. were in hermitage it's ok but we like being close to the lake, I like west end area. Like the pp said just outside the city are some really nice areas of course more costly like Brentwood and Hendersonville. Green hills area is nice too but it's so congested to get in and out. You may want to live close to where ever you guys plan on working the traffic here is unbelievable in general.

If ya'll are worried about traffic, don't move to Murfreesboro!!! That town is so congested! It was not built to hold so many people! The crime rate is rising there as well. My husband works in Murfreesboro and he comes home almost every week with news about shootings and murders.

Depends on your budget. The 12 south area is fantastic! For the suburbs, I would suggest Hendersonville. Great schools, closer to the city, much less pretentious then Brentwood and Franklin. I would not suggest Donelson. The schools are not great there. If you are sending them to private school, East Nashville is wonderful! Good luck!

Thank you so much for your comments! I have been on Great Schools.org and Realtor.com lately doing some research. My husband is prior service and plans to work at a VA hospital when he finishes his nursing degree. There is one in Nashville and one in Murfreesboro to my knowledge.

If he's going to be at the Nashville campus I would look in Hendersonville or Goodlettsville. Good home prices and good schools. If he's going to be in Murfreesboro I would look at Spring Hill. :o) Good Luck!

We live in Murfreesboro and love it we live out of the city in between Smyrna and Murfreesboro. The schools on this side of town are great. The traffic in town gets ugly but there are a lot of different ways to get around that. Good luck!